"Wakasagi" fishing in Lake Syumarinai !

by Tacky

I went to a Lake Shumarinai  for fishing "wakasagi", Japanese smelt  on February 7.
Lake Shumarinai is the artificial lake in Horokanai Town. The size of the lake is 
2,373 ha. This lake is known as the biggest artificial lake in Japan.
This lake is bustling with "wakasagi" fishing in winter.
A lot of people visit the lake in winter to fish "wakasagi".
The fishing starts before 6 o'clock a.m.
The surface of the lake freezes up during winter.

Therefore "wakasagi" fishing  get started by making a hole with a drill in the thick ice that covers the surface of the lake.
When the hole about 15 cm in diameter is made on the ice preparations are completed.

 The length of the fish is about 10 cm. Without
Responding the delicate reaction when a "wakasagi" bit into food, a good
fisherman was catching one after another. A good fisherman was catching more
than 200 of "wakasagi" by himself.
   "Wakasagi" fishing is the coldness, even if I rustle, I have that. Many
people were enthusiastic about "wakasagi" fishing in nearly minus 10 ℃ of
coldness.
 I went home, and took tempura, and ate fished "wakasagi".
 "Wakasagi" tempura is one of my favorites. "Wakasagi" fishing in Lake
Shumarinai continues even around 3 months from January to March oerdinarily.

朱鞠内湖でのワカサギ釣り

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　ワカサギは、体長が１０ｃｍ程度の小さな魚です。上手い釣り人は、ワカサギが餌
に食いついた際の繊細な反応を見逃さずに、次々と釣り上げていました。上手な釣り
人は、一人で２００匹以上のワカサギを釣り上げていました。
　ワカサギ釣りは、寒さとの戦いでもあります。多くの人々が、マイナス１０℃近く
の寒さの中で、ワカサギ釣りに熱中していました。
　私は、家に帰って、釣ったワカサギを天ぷらにして食べました。
　ワカサギの天ぷらは私の好物の一つです。朱鞠内湖のワカサギ釣りは、例年、１月
から３月頃まで続きます。